jagu. LANGUAGE FAMILY: afro-asiatic > semitic > central semitic > hebrew ORIGIN: hebrew NAME ROOT: YAʿăQōḇ > YAʿAKOV NATIVE NAME ROOT: YAʿAKOV (יעקב) MEANING: This name derives from the Late Latin “Iacobus”, from the Greek “Iakobos (Ἰάκωβος)”, meaning “Supplanter, held by the heel, heel-grabber, leg-puller”.
